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Governor Island (Tasmania)

Coordinates: 41°52′22.33″S 148°18′44.87″E / 41.8728694°S 148.3124639°E / -41.8728694; 148.3124639
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Governor Island
Part of Governor Island seen from Whalers Lookout in Bicheno
Governor Island is located in Tasmania
Governor Island
Governor Island
Location in Tasmania
Geography
LocationEast Coast Tasmania
Coordinates41°52′22.33″S 148°18′44.87″E / 41.8728694°S 148.3124639°E / -41.8728694; 148.3124639
ArchipelagoSchouten Island Group
Area2 ha (4.9 acres)
Administration
Australia
StateTasmania
Additional information
Time zone
 • Summer (DST)

The Governor Island, part of the Schouten Island Group, comprise two small granite islands with a combined area of about 2 hectares (4.9 acres) that lie close to the eastern coast of Tasmania, in south-eastern Australia. The island is located near the Freycinet Peninsula and the town of Bicheno and is a nature reserve.[1][2]

Fauna

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Recorded breeding seabird and wader species are little penguin, silver gull, sooty oystercatcher and crested tern.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; Halley, Vanessa (2001). Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Hobart: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. p. 606. ISBN 0-7246-4816-X.
  2. ^ Temperate Australian quantitative spatial and temporal abundance data for rocky reef biota (biodiversity): long-term Tasmanian MPAs - Governor Island, University of Tasmania, Australia, retrieved 17 June 2015